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High Definition Stencils With Easy to Clean Properties for Screen Printing

a stencil and high-definition technology, applied in the field of high-definition stencil systems, can solve the problems of difficult to meet using existing technology, and achieve the effect of easy soldering or metallic, and resistance to stretching

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-01-18
PHOTO STENCIL
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The invention is about creating better quality hard metal stencils that are resistant to stretching. This is achieved through a unique electroforming process that results in a silicon-containing amorphous carbon coating with superior properties such as scratching resistance and wear. Additionally, a fluorocarbon coating is applied to the inner walls of the stencil for easy solder or metallic paste release. Overall, this invention produces hard metal stencils that have improved durability and performance compared to existing stencils.

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These requirements are difficult to meet using existing technology.

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[0010]As shown in FIG. 1, the structure of the stencil is described in two embodiments as follows. In the first embodiment, the substrate stencil (10) is made of hard nickel by electroforming using a dedicated nickel-sulfamate solution. For two-dimensional stencils, the stainless steel mandrel is flat and polished to a grit 500 finish which has an average surface roughness (Ra) between 0.1 and 0.25 μm, preferably Ra is under 0.2 μm. For three-dimensional stencils, the stainless steel mandrels are polished to the same finish and then machined with pockets to enclosure the protruded chips on a PCB in designated areas. The mandrels are submerged in 25% wt to 36% wt nitric acid solution to remove residual metal debris, and then degreased by immersion in an alkaline degreaser. Subsequently, a nickel strike layer is plated on a mandrel in Woods nickel strike solution. This nickel strike solution has 220 g / l nickel chloride hexahydrate (NiCl2.6H2O) and 110 ml / l hydrochloric acid (HCl). Pur...

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Abstract

This invention is for production of a screen printing stencil system with hard nickel or nickel-cobalt base metal foil (10) with amorphous carbon nanocomposite intermediate layer having low coefficient of friction (30) and alternative layers of amorphous carbon nanocomposite (41) and amorphous fluorocarbon (42) optimized for its wettability in broad contact areas between squeegee blade and the stencil and oleophobic amorphous fluorocarbon-rich coatings (43) on the inner walls of through holes (20) and (21) to provide easy release of solder paste or metallic paste for high definition screen plating of small feature dimensions and easy to clean properties.US Patent Documents(1) 20130220152Febuary 2013K. Shibusawa(2) 6228471 B1May 2001Neerinck et al

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FIELD OF APPLICATION[0001]This invention is about to produce a screen printing stencil system with layered structures of amorphous carbon nanocomposite and amorphous fluorocarbon coatings for high dimensional definition and easy to clean properties.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]As the feature dimensions of printed circuit boards (PCB) become smaller, it would be most desirable to produce these features with stencils which apply solder or metallic paste with high definition without bleeding out the paste and high positional accuracy without stretching. Current stainless steel and pure nickel stencils are too ductile to meet such requirements because they are more vulnerable to stretching and deformation. They also tend to trap and bleed residual paste without oleophobicity. In particular, the paste with high viscosity is more difficult to produce smooth plate separation for high definition applications. Patent literature (1) discloses a method of manufacturing stencils with layere...

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IPC IPC(8): B41N1/24C23C14/00
CPCC23C14/00B41N1/24C23C14/06C23C16/30C23C16/45523H05K3/1225B41C1/142
Inventor CHEN, GUOCUN
Owner PHOTO STENCIL
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